Online Social Isolation therapists in New London, Connecticut CT
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Jennifer Masters
Life Coach, Ba Psychology, CF Thanatology, D Kessler – Grief Grief Coach Certif,M Devine – Grief Coach Certif
Grief can make social connection feel exhausting. Many grievers are already physically and emotionally drained from grief brain, poor sleep, racing thoughts, nightmares, grief overload, or the constant effort of getting through the day. When other people ask how they are, judge how long grief is lasting, offer unwanted advice, or expect them to “get back to normal,” it can feel easier to pull away.
I support adults who feel isolated, disconnected, or too tired to keep up with friends, family, hobbies, or social plans after a loss. I explain why this can happen in grief, why it makes sense, and why it is not a personal failure. I also offer practical tools to help clients manage exhaustion, soften isolation, set boundaries with others, and slowly reconnect with people, routines, and interests in a way that feels possible for them.
6 Years Experience
Online in New London, CT (Online Only)
Mary Mesiha
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LICSW
It’s possible to be around people and still feel deeply alone. You might find yourself wanting connection but not knowing how to get there, or feeling like you don’t quite fit in.
If you’re experiencing that sense of isolation, you’re not alone. In therapy, we’ll work together to understand what’s making connection feel difficult, build your confidence, and help you feel more at ease being yourself so relationships can begin to feel more natural and genuine.
27 Years Experience
Online in New London, CT (Online Only)
Dr. Aretha Steele (Mindful Healing Counseling)
Psychologist, PsyD
Hey! If social situations make you feel uneasy or anxious, you're not alone, and we're here to help. We specialize in supporting teens and adults dealing with social anxiety. Let's work together to understand your feelings, build confidence, and develop strategies to navigate social settings. In our sessions, you'll find a safe space to express yourself without judgment. Social anxiety is common, and with the right support, you can overcome it. We're here to guide you on your journey to feeling more comfortable, confident, and connected. Your well-being matters, and we're honored to be part of your path towards a more relaxed and enjoyable social life.
(Note: We have specific therapists who specialize in this area at our practice. See our website for more information)
17 Years Experience
Online in New London, CT (Online Only)
Richard Scott, Ph.D.
Psychologist, Ph.D.
Feeling isolated or disconnected from others can take a real toll on your emotional well-being. Whether it’s due to life transitions, past hurts, anxiety, or just feeling like you don’t quite fit in, social isolation can leave you feeling lonely and stuck. Therapy can help you understand the roots of your disconnection, build confidence in relationships, and create more meaningful connections. If you're longing for deeper connection and a stronger sense of belonging, I’m here to support you.
20 Years Experience
Online in New London, CT
Dr. Elizabeth Coldren
Psychologist, PSYD, PSYPACT
I work with adults who feel socially isolated or disconnected, even though they want closer relationships. Many of the people I see are thoughtful, highly self‑aware, and sometimes feel out of sync with typical social norms. From the outside, it can look like you are doing fine; inside, you may feel alone, peripheral, or hard to really know. You may enjoy connection once it is happening, but getting there can feel complicated, effortful, or uncertain.
Social isolation can look like drifting away from friends without meaning to; keeping conversations on the surface because a deeper connection feels risky or confusing; or feeling invisible or on the edges in social settings. It can also look like wanting closeness but not knowing how to move toward it, feeling disconnected from your own needs or preferences, or carrying a sense that other people have an ease with relationships that you somehow missed. You may often feel judged, misread, or like people do not really understand you, which can make it even harder to risk reaching out.
I work extensively with adults navigating this kind of disconnection and know how heavy it can feel when most of your life is lived on your own. For many people, there can also be a long history of masking, camouflaging, or adapting to others that leaves you unsure what you actually want. Over time, this can lead to loneliness, self‑doubt, or a sense of being on the outside of your own life.
In our work together, we look closely at how these patterns developed and what they have been protecting you from. We make room for the part of you that has learned to be fiercely self‑sufficient, to rely on yourself because that has felt safest. From there, we explore small, meaningful steps toward connection that feel authentic and sustainable for you, with relationships where you can feel met and genuinely seen. You don’t have to manage this alone. This kind of work is central to my practice, and I approach it with a great deal of care.
26 Years Experience
Online in New London, CT
Dr. Ingrid Solano
Psychologist, PhD
I work with both adults and adolescents on an individual basis. Individual psychotherapy helps clients deal with particular issues, symptoms, and stressors. My goal is to provide a safe, non judgmental space for you to explore who you are, how you relate to others, and what supports you on your journey to become your best self. I lean into, listen, understand, and enhance authentic expression. Together we create a collaborative process of transformation. What that means and what that looks like is different for everyone...
I offer evidence-based therapies from a curious, nonjudgmental philosophy. No matter where you have been, evidence-based therapies focus on changing the now. I strive to help my clients experience the world mindfully, and in accordance with their personal values. Through our work in cultivating an affirming, authentic, and non-judgmental therapeutic relationship, I provide support while we collaboratively deconstruct what is causing distress in your life and preventing you from being your most effective and authentic self. Individual therapy facilitates insight and growth, becoming more effective at actualizing your values, and building more authentic relationships with yourself and with others.
While there are many forms of therapy you can pursue, my expertise is in time-limited, evidence-based Cognitive-Behavioral Therapies (CBT), the Unified Protocol for emotional disorders, and third wave CBT such as Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) and Mindfulness based interventions. (I do have experience in, and practice, an eclectic arrangement of other modalities as well-- when applicable or specifically requested.) We explore thoughts, beliefs, and understanding, while also prioritizing behavioral processes that focus on your contexts and the functions of how you relate to your internal experiences. CBT is designed to help individuals notice and shift their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors in order to get relief from painful emotions such as anxiety and sadness.
Third wave interventions also promote well-being through developing coping skills, personal values, and metacognition that complement traditional CBT interventions. I provide flexible, customizable approaches that look different with each patient. I empower my clients to discover their strength, clarity, creativity, autonomy, resilience, motivation, and confidence in meeting whatever happens next. I provide individualized tools to use in everyday decision-making that will help those changes last. With these modalities I treat individuals who are impacted by depression, anxiety, life transitions, relationship distress, burnout, divorce, loss, uncertainty, stigma, and other life experiences, diagnoses, and stressors. We explore the sources, experiences, and beliefs that impact how you relate with the world and implement change in your life. You are the expert on you, but are you your most effective and content self?
15 Years Experience
Online in New London, CT
Dr. Ryan Kitts Schallon
Psychologist, PsyD
Isolation is rarely chosen. It accumulates — one declined invitation, one more evening alone, one more year of the gap between you and other people widening until crossing it feels impossible. The loneliness is real, but so is the protection: being alone means no one can see you, which means no one can find you lacking. The work begins by taking the isolation seriously — not as a problem to be solved by forcing yourself into the world, but as something that made sense once and may no longer be serving the life you actually want.
3 Years Experience
Online in New London, CT
Alistair Highet
Licensed Psychoanalyst, MA, LP, NCPsyA
We need other people to tell us who we are. We discover the value of ourselves in relation to those who value us. When we get isolated, we can literally get lost. In therapy you can perhaps find your core self again. I can help you ease the distortions that follow social isolation, help you to re-discover your warmth, and help you open a door to more fulfilling relationships.
26 Years Experience
Online in New London, CT
Jason Hutchings
Psychologist, PsyD
Social isolation can result from many different scenarios. COVID was a game changer in our culture and cut off so many from their routines and social groups. We can understand that drives self isolation and work to open up your world to new opportunities.
13 Years Experience
Online in New London, CT
Ilyssa Swartout
Psychologist, Psy.D.
Feeling isolated or disconnected from others can deepen sadness, anxiety, and loneliness. Therapy offers a supportive space to explore what’s keeping you apart—whether emotional wounds, fear, or life circumstances—and to begin rebuilding meaningful connection. Together, we’ll work on creating safe ways to reach out, strengthen self-worth, and reconnect with a sense of belonging and community.
25 Years Experience
Online in New London, CT (Online Only)
Eagle Feather Psychotherapy
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, LICSW
Natasha provides a supportive safe space for client seeking to address, social anxiety as well as supporting clients learning more about environmental factors that contribute to social anxiety while learning adaptive coping skills to effectively manage and reduce the severity of social anxiety
12 Years Experience
Online in New London, CT (Online Only)
Dr. Adam Shafer (Chicago, IL)
Psychologist, Psy. D., M.A.
Removing ourselves from our lives can be a result of many things that we may feel conflicted by. The desire to understand these tendencies is very important to restore what we might hope for in living a meaningful and connected life.
17 Years Experience
Online in New London, CT
Jason Holland
Psychologist, Ph.D.
Social isolation can happen slowly, especially after loss, stress, depression, anxiety, or a major change. We can explore what pulled you away and what makes connection feel difficult now. The goal is to rebuild support in a way that feels manageable and authentic, without forcing change faster than it can realistically happen.
25 Years Experience
Online in New London, CT
Molly Toomey
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW
Social isolation is different from simply being alone or lonely. Whether a conscious decision or an unconscious reaction or survival strategy, social isolation can have devastating consequences—humans are built for connection! My relational approach to therapy is often a great fit for folks who struggle with social isolation, avoidance, and perpetual feelings of disconnect or aloneness and are interested in exploring a different way of being.
9 Years Experience
Online in New London, CT (Online Only)
Whitney Hoke
Counselor/Therapist, LMHC, LPC, BC-DMT-R
Support individual in increasing social inclusion activities through CBT and DBT skills.
14 Years Experience
Online in New London, CT (Online Only)
Dr. Jenny Shields
Psychologist
When you’re outwardly successful but internally disconnected, isolation becomes a lonely companion—even in crowded rooms or surrounded by colleagues. Perhaps you’re adept at appearing socially engaged, but deep down you feel unseen or profoundly alone. Dr. Jenny Shields supports driven professionals to gently explore the roots of their isolation through Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), mindfulness-based techniques, and interpersonal therapy. With warmth and genuine understanding, she helps clients rebuild meaningful connections, move through barriers to intimacy, and regain a sense of authentic belonging—both personally and professionally.
12 Years Experience
Online in New London, CT
Tara Murphy
Psychologist, Psy.D.
Isolation may feel protective but often deepens loneliness and shame. I use IFS, attachment work, and integrative approaches to help clients explore the parts that fear connection and slowly build safety in relationships. Somatic and mindfulness practices support regulation in social settings. My diagnostic expertise clarifies overlap with depression, trauma, or personality disorders, and I work with prescribers when needed.
29 Years Experience
Online in New London, CT (Online Only)
Dr. Christopher Lowery, DHSc, CLCP
Clinical Health Practitioner, Board-Certified Life Care Planner
This component provide support regarding the development of social skills, meaningful connections, and coping strategies to enhance emotional well-being and community engagement.
24 Years Experience
Online in New London, CT
Dr. Mike Strand
Psychologist, PsyD
Social isolation can quietly take root in our lives, leaving feelings of loneliness and disconnection that weigh heavily on the soul. In my practice, I offer a compassionate ear to those who feel adrift and disconnected from the world around them. Together, we explore pathways to reconnect with oneself and others, fostering meaningful relationships and a sense of belonging, step by gentle step.
18 Years Experience
Online in New London, CT
Julie Cochrane - Rapid Transformational Therapy (RTT) Therapist
Hypnotherapist, Clinical Hypnotherapist, RTT-T, Rewind Therapy Practitioner, Integration Coaching
Social isolation is rarely a logistics problem. People who feel deeply isolated often have people around them. The isolation lives in the gap between being seen and feeling truly known, a gap that is usually held by subconscious beliefs like "I do not belong", "people will leave" or "the real me is not safe to show". RTT works directly with those beliefs. Once the underlying pattern updates, reaching out tends to feel less effortful and connection starts to land where it used to bounce off. I work online via Zoom with adults around the world and offer a free 20-minute discovery call as the first step.
6 Years Experience
Online in New London, CT (Online Only)
Social Isolation therapists in New London, Connecticut Statistics
Social Isolation therapists in New London, Connecticut average 17 years of experience and charge around $204 per session. 100% offer online sessions. The most commonly treated issues are Social Isolation (100%), Anxiety or Fears (96%), and Depression (87%).
Average years in practice
17 Years Experience
Average cost per session
$204
Gender ID
| 63% |
Female |
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| 33% |
Male |
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| 2% |
Non-Binary |
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| 2% |
Gender Fluid |
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Session Type
| 56% |
In Person and Online |
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| 44% |
Online Only |
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Top Specialties
| 100% | Social Isolation |
| 96% | Anxiety or Fears |
| 87% | Depression |
| 87% | Social Anxiety |
| 85% | Stress |
| 83% | Self Esteem |
| 75% | Trauma and PTSD |